From Oncology Nurse To Breast Cancer Survivor – Natasha’s Story
With one in eight women who will experience breast cancer in their lifetime, it’s extremely important that we keep screening and early identification and treatment on the top of mind. As a woman, not only do I need to know for myself but also for my patients.
And so what happens when the nurse who cares for patients with breast cancer, gets breast cancer herself? Can we keep the same energy and positivity we give our patients? Hint – it’s hard but this episode’s guest, Natasha Rossi, a pediatric and oncology registered nurse did just that. And not only did she beat her cancer, despite her personal ups and downs she has not let it stop her from going back to school to become a family nurse practitioner.
In this episode she and Nurse Alice talk about her accelerated 14-month nursing program building on her psychology degree; how she discovered her breast cancer; how she had to advocate for her own screening and treatment and what it felt like being a nurse, but feeling lost and frustrated as the patient.
